Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Washington CapitalsDec 18, 2025

FinalThursday, Dec 18, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	0	0	0		TOR	4	8	10	22
WSH	2	0	2	4		WSH	8	13	8	29

: TOR 47WSH 66
: TOR 2.70WSH 3.86
PP goals: TOR 0WSH 0
Hits: TOR 27WSH 13
Blocks: TOR 13WSH 12
PIM: TOR 6WSH 10
: TOR 54%WSH 46%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Washington Capitals rout Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0

Washington Capitals beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TOR scored 0 goals on 2.70 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
John Carlson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:52.Carlson
Points
Jakob Chychrun had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:11.Chychrun
Points
Justin Sourdif had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:04.Sourdif
Luck
TOR scored 0 goals on 2.70 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–McMichael–Frank skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano McMichael Frank
Usage
Aliaksei Protas (WSH) played 14:49, −3:28 down on his 18:17 season average over 75 games.Protas
Usage
Bobby McMann (TOR) played 12:29, −3:30 down on his 15:59 season average over 77 games.McMann
Usage
Nicolas Roy (TOR) played 17:50, +3:25 up on his 14:25 season average over 73 games.Roy

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TOR attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · WSH 66 · TOR 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
TOR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 26% of the game, WSH 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against TOR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TOR	WSH
	36	60
	1.87	3.64
	1.83	3.52
	5	10
	5	8
	23	18
	+0.033	−0.033
	26%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Joshua – Roy – McMann
7:2464% CF
L2Nylander – Matthews – Knies
6:400% CF
L3Laughton – Domi – Lorentz
5:4730% CF
L4Tavares – Robertson – Cowan
4:3767% CF
D1McCabe – Stecher
12:2745% CF
D2Rielly – Thrun
7:2638% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Benoit
6:1144% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews – Knies
4:50100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Roy – Robertson – Cowan
4:16100% CF
PK1FRoy – Matthews
2:28
PK2FLaughton – Lorentz
1:14
PK1DMcCabe – Stecher
4:22
PK2DRielly – Benoit
0:50

Current TOR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
9:0945% CF
L2Dowd – Duhaime – Trineyev
7:5164% CF
L3Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
7:3587% CF
L4Milano – McMichael – Frank
5:5164% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
12:4157% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
12:0175% CF
D3Sandin – Chisholm
7:3764% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
4:00100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Milano – Sourdif – Frank
1:34100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
4:14
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
1:40
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:49
PK2DRoy – Sandin
2:39

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:53
WSHAliaksei Protas (Justin Sourdif, John Carlson)wrist0.24 xG
TOR: Ekman-Larsson, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews, KniesWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Fehérváry, Protas, Sourdif
TOR 0 – 1 WSH
16:16
WSHJakob Chychrun (Ethen Frank, Connor McMichael)snap0.46 xG
TOR: Ekman-Larsson, Rielly, Laughton, Domi, LorentzWSH: Milano, Roy, Chychrun, McMichael, Frank
TOR 0 – 2 WSH

3rd period

4:02
WSHJakob Chychrun (John Carlson, Nic Dowd)snap0.11 xG
TOR: Ekman-Larsson, Matthews, Thrun, McMann, CowanWSH: Carlson, Milano, Chychrun, McMichael, Frank
TOR 0 – 3 WSH
8:57
WSHJohn Carlson (Justin Sourdif, Tom Wilson)slap0.04 xG
TOR: Ekman-Larsson, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews, CowanWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Fehérváry, Protas, Sourdif
TOR 0 – 4 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	2	0.44	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	56	72
Bobby McMann C	L1	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	12:29	—	—	44	37
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	56	60
Matthew Knies L	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:35	—	—	37	32
Auston Matthews C	L2	-3	2	0.15	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	19	2
William Nylander R	L2	-2	1	0.09	0	1	0	16:51	—	—	24	12
Scott Laughton C	L3	-1	1	0.08	1	0	2	13:14	—	—	21	9
Max Domi C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	25	7
Steven Lorentz C	L3	-1	1	0.04	4	2	0	12:31	—	—	22	11
Easton Cowan R	L4	-2	0	0.38	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	36	42
John Tavares C	L4	0	4	0.72	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	60	70
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	6	0.67	4	0	0	15:21	—	—	50	65
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	20:56	—	—	39	51
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	20:01	—	—	44	55
Morgan Rielly D	D2	-3	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:48	—	—	41	22
Henry Thrun D	D2	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:27	—	—	29	27
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	-4	0	0.05	3	0	2	17:07	—	—	23	12
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0.00	6	2	0	16:18	—	—	42	49

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dennis Hildeby(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.86	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	2	18:58	—	—	56	41
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	56	29
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	41	29
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	0	2	0	15:28	—	—	54	40
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	10:40	—	—	50	52
Bogdan Trineyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	9:18	—	—	57	38
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	+2	5	0.64	4	0	0	20:33	—	—	88	98
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.49	0	0	4	14:49	—	—	81	83
Justin Sourdif C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.28	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	83	86
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	60	80
Ethen Frank R	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.05	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	63	78
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.45	0	0	0	11:06	—	—	72	87
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.69	0	0	0	24:11	—	—	61	75
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	20:05	—	—	52	65
John Carlson D	D2	1	2	3	+3	2	0.11	0	0	0	21:52	—	—	79	73
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	2	1	2	18:51	—	—	61	61
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	2	2	16:53	—	—	61	57
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	61	57

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	2.70	59:48

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jakob Chychrun (WSH) 1st 16:16 · assists Ethen Frank, Connor McMichael · Cycle · 19.7 mph shot.

Jakob Chychrun · 1st 16:16 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 19.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 1st 13:53 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 4:02 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 76.2 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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John Carlson · 3rd 8:57 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 93.3 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: rebound

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.